Sanitary toilet-seat.



C. RIGBY.

SANITARY TOILET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. I916.

Patented Mar. 4,1919. 2 SHEETSSHEETI 'fiwezz for:

m H. W

C. RIGBY.

SANITARY TOILET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 191a.

Patented Mar. 4,1919:

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 UNITED.

sT TEsrAT NT OFFICE. f

c AnLns RIGBY, or cinciifnnrr, c1110.

I SANITARY TOILET-SEAT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES Riser, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gin cimiati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Toilet-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toilet-seat protectors consisting of paper carried within a suitable container and adapted to have a portion of the paper drawn across the seat to form a sanitary covering, and has for its object the provision of novel clamping means for holding the paper protector in position upon the seat.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clamping member so arranged and constructed that it-may be attached to a Water-closet provided with a seat and a cover of standard construction, withoutinterfering with the normal use of such parts, and also contemplates the use ofa paper holder so positioned as to be comparatively inconspicuous and out of the way.v

The invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter: 1

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a water-closet with its coverraised and partly broken'away and with my sanitary protector secured thereto in position for use.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of'my improved device.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section'on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is an elevation partially in vertical section taken on the line 4 1 of Fig. 1, the clamping member being shown in dotted lines raised to its inoperative position.

Fig. 5 is an-enlarged fragmentary view the details of the brake for the showing paper supply.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of the paper container and lid, showing the fastening means for'the same; and,

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

1 represents a water-closet bowl having a seat 2 pivoted thereto by hinges 3, which may also, if desired, pivotally support a cover 4 for the closet-seat, these parts being of standard or of any preferred construction.

A paper container 5 is secured at one side v Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Mar, 4;, 1919,, Application filed November 8, 1916. Serial No. 130,194 i of the closet-bowlby brackets 6, attached to the container adjacent each end thereof,

' and to the under side of the seatat the front andrear thereof respectively, the parts being preferably so arranged that the top of thecontainer 5 will lie in substantially the same plane as the top of the closet-seat,

thereby placing the body of the container in a position where it will be out of the Way, but whereaccess may be conveniently had thereto through its top.

The supply of sanitary paper is shown at 7,. in the formof a roll, mounted. upon a spindle 8 which is remo'vably journaled in brackets 9 secured to the opposite ends of the container.v From the roll 7the paper is fed through a slot 10 formed in the, wall of the container which-is nearest the closetbowl, and thence over' the top of the closetseat to form a sanitary protective covering- The lower edge of the slot 10 is provided with an outwardly extending curved lip 11 to prevent the paper being torn upon the edge, of the slot, and a substantially wider lip or shelf 12 having an upwardly curved outer end 13 is provided at the upper edge of the slot 10, and at the level of the top of the container, to bridge the space between the containerand the, closet-seat, thus protecting the. paper covering as it is drawn -the frontswall ofthe container. The edges of the ,lidll are also provided with a downwardly extending flange 19 adapted to extend over the top edge of the container, thus providing a dust and dirt proof receptacle.

A spring pressed brake 20 is adapted to press against the paper-roll 7 to hold the.

paper under the necessary tension as it is drawn from the container. This brake is exemplified as consisting of a sheet-metal plate 21 pivotally mounted upon a rod 22 secured by brackets 23 to the lower side of the lid of the paper-container, and adapted to be forced downward into frictional engagement with the paper-roll by a spring 24 coiled upon the rod 22, and having one end i bearing against the lid of the container, and the other end 26 pressing-againshthe plate :21.

that it can be readily grasped by the fingers Whenblosingthelid, and 'thus held until the lid is almost entirely closednto insureproper placing of the brake with relation to the paper. I i i .2 M4381? theapaper-oovering has been :drawn firmniits: ,cdntainer and rover. the. seat," is seecured itOrdlhG latter'byeaso'lamping anemberfi? conrprising a flange -28 :fitting oven-the; edge of? the: seam-mo; clamp the; {paper- ;between: the.

offche top of; ithejseat toilirnitzthe downward movement: o fztlie damp and aid 1-11 .61 amping the paper about the edge 01? .thenseat. mThis' clamping: member is xhinged :as "shown :at' :30 to a: iplate iBlgiwhieh is secured ato V the rear portion. xofathe *se'at' byesoreWsBZ} thevarious parts":- :being iso positioned' xthat after? the clamp :has sheen swungito :its'closed zorrelamp niayaalson berclosed' if desired. he :paper 'strip forming'rthe #:sanitary' cavern-is ref: a vvri d-th suffioient to completely oo'ver the seat, and is preferably:-perforated, as shown at -r85,-rat suitable intervals 7 iini its length 130 term sectionsI-36 jfori single seat- 1 covers, 'andai'r ithperforations33- ilr-each seatout along the line'oftheperforations; l/Vhen cover to igform a removable rportio'n f 34, conf orming to the opening in the seat, so that after theoovei has been; clamped mposition,-

the' eentral portion may be reac li'ly punched i't"-is'-'desi red tobring "a newportion "ofthe seat protector into use, the ill-amp 27'vis raised; the paper cover is drawn-forward untila new seotion is'over the seat opening,

1i and thecilamp is then loweredtc its-operatime *positio11,-"firin'1y holding the cover in position, a-iid the *old' sectiou ef the paper strip-is torn tiff and destroyed, the removame paaion er the newly plac'e'thsectionibeing removed along the lline of per forations The free end of the p1ate..,21 .extends toward the free end of the' lid '14, so

I Havin g thus fully deseribed my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Iheeombination of a seat of the charac'ter""clesc'iibed, a bracket secured to said seat and extending laterally solely at one s1deof *sa1d seat, a container for a' fiex'a ble proteetiveraoaerang{secured to sa1d bracket,

said container having an opening for said flexible protective hovering:spreserhtedtomand damping said fiekible-pratective co eri to said edgenof said:=seat,aand said EcQnta'ner provided With ari-Sl1Q1f'ifl)bOv e-Said pening, saidshelfveXetending laterally (overi ie=;posi'-j tion of said flexible protective coveiangjand said ibnaeke t 1110M, point: proximate 420; the p ath of said; pivotedxclarnp.

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